Tigers power past St. Frederick, 32-7

1:29 AM,
Nov. 10, 2012

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Fullback Chase Hemphill rushed for 176 and three touchdowns to power No. 17 Oak Grove past No. 16 St. Frederick 32-7 in the first round of the LHSAA Class 1A football playoffs.

Hemphill and the Tigers rolled up 351 yards on the ground to grind out a win in front of a the kind of charged crowd that hadn't been seen at Chip Luffey Field since 2005.

"Going in, I was worried about how our guys would handle the playoff atmosphere," St. Frederick head coach Chad Swanberg said. "To make big plays in a big time atmosphere you have to have been there before. Oak Grove is a tough program that has been there before, ...